A Swedish documentary about cryptanalysis during WWII:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrWup70DdTc
At around 8:30 one can hear eminent mathematician Lennart Carleson, winner of the Abel Prize, say the following about Beurling:
"He had a relation to mathematics that was a bit mystical. It was as if he had a direct line to God, in some way, with information and knowledge that we didn't have."
Friday 3 September 2010
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